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The Global Commission on the Economics of Water published Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as Global Common Good with nine key recommendations for undertaking a ‘sea change’ in how ‘we understand and act on water’. bit.ly/3OqhtjU

The city of Los Angeles in the USA is building additional facilities at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant to turn wastewater into purified drinking water for 250,000 residents and to mitigate the threats from future droughts. bit.ly/4g9aDLu

Researchers from the University of Illinois-Champaign in the USA have created a single-step device for capturing and destroying diverse per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) chemicals that uses redox electrodialysis and electrosorption. bit.ly/41qNMqL

French-based Veolia will build Africa’s largest desalination plant in Morocco. Located on the Atlantic coast near Rabat, the plant will supply drinking water to more than nine million people. bit.ly/4fBltd3

Danish company, HPNow and MatiTech, a South African water treatment solutions provider, have used GOgen Green Oxidant generation technology solution to provide clean drinking water to remote mining sites. bit.ly/3ZfRHVF

Dutch-based engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV is implementing the UK’s first Kaumera pilot plant to extract biopolymers from sewage sludge and test for commercial use. bit.ly/3OhPvqf

Julius Gloeckner, chief growth officer at CERAFILTEC, explains why implementing a ban on PVDF membranes will help the membrane market transition to a more sustainable and PFAS-free (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) future. bit.ly/3CswI9n

The 2024 Global Water Tariff Survey reveals: Water utility tariff increases are accelerating at record-breaking levels due to rising costs, overdue upgrades, necessary expansions and climate change. Read about the key trends in GWI’s latest contribution. bit.ly/3CpNbLb

The first pilot plant in the UK aimed at assessing the impact of combining different wastewater micropollutant removal solutions will be built and operated by Curio Water. It will be located at @CranfieldUni and use wastewater samples from the university. bit.ly/3Z5wdKX

CREW Carbon, a US-based company that uses engineered enhanced weathering to remove CO2 from municipal and industrial wastewater systems, has raised €4.85 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. bit.ly/40OBoAi

In the global push for sustainability, industries are constantly seeking ways to innovate and reduce waste. BlueTech explore one of the most promising recent developments in water treatment is the recycling of Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes. bit.ly/4fGr1mf

We talk to Mark Fletcher from @Arup , and Newsha Ajami, from the @BerkeleyLab in the USA, to understand more about the challenges, innovations, and possibilities of urban water management. bit.ly/3NXtJrN

@Veolia estimates the water tech market is worth around €220 billion & growing steadily by two to three per cent every year. bit.ly/4efdfGl

Singapore-based Memsift Innovations has entered into a technology transfer agreement with @NgeeAnnNP for its anti-fouling graphene membrane technology, which has the potential to be used in harsh industrial environments. rai.eu/3YWdTnM

Turning harvested biomass from wastewater treatment plants into sustainable products is now possible on an industrial scale, according to researchers based at Aalborg University in Denmark, Aarhus University and Delft University in the Netherlands. rai.eu/3Ypgjtz

Saudi-Arabian wastewater treatment start-up NuRain has secured €555,000 Seed Funding that will be used to build local technical and commercial capabilities as the company seeks to scale its sludge and water reuse technology to commercial-sized projects. rai.eu/3Uvnr6s

I-Ke International Ocean Energy Co has agreed to purchase a wave generation unit from @EcoWavePower , which will begin a pilot wave energy project. rai.eu/3AoAfEN

The prestigious Aquatech Amsterdam Innovation Award 2025 is calling!📞 Registration closes December 1st! rai.eu/4f67WKj

A partnership between @nfp_sdg2 and @nwpnederland has approved three projects for seed money funding in low and middle-income countries that aim to tackle soil salinity issues rai.eu/3B5B59j

Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, overseen by @congagua_mx &encompassing 14,000 hectares of restored grassland, marsh, and forest, plus sports fields and hiking paths, aims to restore wetland ecosystems to the dry lakebed that once covered the Valley of Mexico rai.eu/3XmsczM